Software for human beings. Global development. Cities. Tools for thinking. RPCV. CEO & founder, @DevResults.
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Herb Caudill retweeted
Life hack: give yourself 8 to 12 hours of alone time in the morning to mentally prepare for the day.
Madrileños giving bad reviews to statues because they're still mad about South American independence
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Herb Caudill retweeted
Things I Would Do as President of the US (not boring)
1. Aggressively weaponize immigration. Just brain drain the world as aggressively as possible. You're 24 yo estonian with a PHD in materials science? Congrats ur a citizen in 7-10 business days. You like baseball now.
Herb Caudill retweeted
Kinda interesting result
Encouraging the designation of a team leader dramatically raises the probability that groups escape from an escape room. #NBEROrgEcon
I've rarely seen a more convincing first figure in a paper.
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Herb Caudill retweeted
JERY SEINFELD: whats the deal with airplane peanuts oh no
[CEO OF AMERICAN AIRLINES STARTS MARCHING TOWARD STAGE]
This is good advice. A third option that I think is often overlooked is to leave thing 1 in place, while starting *completely* over with a thing 2 that approaches the original problem with a truly blank slate. A couple of examples here: herbcaudill.com/words/201902…
If a rewrite is truly required, then do it gradually and do it in production. Don't downplay complexity that is inherent to the software's use cases.
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Herb Caudill retweeted
“A good morning window looks out on some kind of constant object or growing thing, which reflects the changes of season and the weather, and allows a person to establish the mood of the day as soon as he wakes up.”
Rest In Peace, Christopher Alexander.
Herb Caudill retweeted
Look at these happy people ✨ Thanks so much to the team at @balsamiq for hosting the inaugural Indie Founders retreat! So much food for thought & many new friendships 🙏 grazie mille!!
Herb Caudill retweeted
Internet users: this thing sucks
EU: hey I have an idea
Internet users: oh shit fuck no stop
Herb Caudill retweeted
This, out of #Ukraine, is 100% one of the most incredible videos I have ever seen.
This Russian POW has the heart of a lion 🦁
Herb Caudill retweeted
This is really quite something, from #Ukraine's Ministry of Defense:
“Quality of life” 😅
Congratulations to @TxDOT for taking top prize in the Quality of Life/Community Development, medium project group!
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